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Born on Wednesday August 31, 2005
- Yhoran Boaz Gilmour (Yhoran) Sportel, Zkh. Bethesda, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
- Yhoran Boaz Gilmour Sportel, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 2013)
- Yhoran Boaz Gilmour Sportel, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
- Annejet Gerda Pauline de Jong († 2006)
Died on Wednesday August 31, 2005
- Cornelia Maria Jansen (92), amsterdam, Nederland
- Antonius Paulus Maria Blom (57), Den Haag
- Adriana Brands (89), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Wilhelmina Maria (Wil) Wilms Floet (66), Santpoort
- Cornelis Brok (78), Waalwijk
- Christianus Martinus Johannes Digners (87), Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
- Cornelia Maria Zuiderwijk (69)
- Alice Mabel Geldhoff (93), Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
- Agatha Maria Bruin (96), Noord Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alexander Reginald England (79), Petersfield, Hampshire. England
Born on August 31
- 1990 » Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
- 1991 » António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
- 1991 » Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
- 1992 » Holly Earl, British actress
- 1992 » Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
- 1993 » Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
- 1993 » Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
- 1994 » Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
- 1994 » Can Aktav, Turkish football player
Died on August 31
- 2002 » Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)
- 2002 » George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
- 2002 » Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908)
- 2005 » Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 2006 » Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
- 2006 » Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)
- 2007 » Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
- 2007 » Jean Jacques Paradis, Canadian general (b. 1928)
- 2007 » Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (b. 1926)
- 2008 » Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
Names that were popular for boys in 2005
- Thomas
- Tom
- Thijs
- Daan
- Lucas
- Bas
- Milan
- Daniel
- Tim
- Ian
- Lars
- Niels
- Sem
- Max
- Bram
- Alexander
Names that were popular for girls in 2005
- Emma
- Alexia
- Anna
- Sophie
- Floor
- Julia
- Fleur
- Kierstin
- Iris
- Isa
- Nienke
- Lisa
- Eva
- Femke
- Anouk
- Felicia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2005
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- January 6 » A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
- February 2 » The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
- April 9 » Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
- October 12 » The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
- October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
- December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
Weather August 31, 2005
The temperature on August 31, 2005 was between 13.7 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.